Ryan Gripp
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Ryan Gripp founded Reef Builders in 2006. He writes about technology, industry and other associated news relating to saltwater fish tanks. He went to Depaul University and has been keeping reef tanks for over 15 years.

Dutch Reef Event makes you jealous, want to move

There comes a point where a typical frag swap or reef event just won’t do and that time is now. A member got access to a rare look into a dutch frag swap which among the several hundred corals avaiable…

Made for ZeoVit users salt in development/beta testing

We received word, from two very reliable sources that a new salt is in the works. The salt which will be specially targeted for Zeovit users is undergoing beta testing at the moment. This said salt is said to have…

Red Sea’s new 130D MAX (deluxe) Aquarium

You know a company is paying attention to the demands of hobbyists across the world when they take feedback given to them about a particular product, in this example Red Sea’s Max 130. For those of you who don’t know…

GHL dimmable T5 pendant lighting coming 2009

GHL the makers of the profilux aquarium controller and GHL dossing pump has confirmed that they will be releaisng a new T5 pendant lighting system that will be “plug and play” and unlike most other T5’s they promise it will…

Red Sea’s Max 250 caught on video

We came across this video of that Red Sea Max 250 all in one aquarium we’ve been tracking. The video doesn’t show much of the aquarium, more of the contents inside the tank. Still we can determine that this aquarium…

GHL Profilux III interested in controlling Vortech

Not that you wouldn’t love your Profilux aquarium controller to control your loved vortech, oh no you would never want that. Would you know that GHL and Ecotech marine “have been in talks for the past 3 years” in using…

New Digital Aquatics PH probe released for $37

Well what do we have here? Seems Digital Aquatics has been busy working on bug fixes for the Reef Keeper Elite, thats not all though. Their new PH probe has been released which will replace the standard probe that was…

NextReef MR1 reactors appear outta no where, including NextReef

If you haven’t heard of a new startup company called NextReef then don’t worry, neither did we until a few days ago. Next Reef seems to be a full blown reef company which reminds us of this company and promises…

ATB shows off new skimmers, Xtra Tall, XXL Skimmer

ATB that skimmer company that completely redesigned their hang on back skimmer also released some of their other new skimmer designs. The Xtra tall skimmer which is 15″ in diameter rises to a height of 42″ inches tall. If you…

Red Sea’s new Red Sea Max 250 gets detailed even more

That Red Sea Max 250, the 65 gallon all in on aquarium has been detailed even further then before. We got our hands on a PDF tech sheet that spills the guts on most everything. Thankfully what we reported earlier…